Art.

The Morning Meal, by Émile Munier

Émile Munier (French, 1840 – 1895) painted this lovely portrait of his daughter, Marie-Louise, feeding her kittens, in 1880. This oil-on-canvas work measures 26 3/8 by 22 inches (66.9 by 55.8 cm), and it goes to auction at Sotheby’s in New York City on 24 May 2017, with an estimated price of 100,000 to 150,000 USD. (Update: Émile Munier’s ‘The Morning Meal’ sold above estimate, for $168,750.)